Superbug expert calls lack of coronavirus tests a 'national scandal'

[berg80]

McCarthy, who practices at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, expects the number of cases in the U.S. to increase quickly in the next couple of weeks, but he said hospitals are "hamstrung" because they don't have access to the diagnostic test kits they need. In contrast, he said, other countries are making it look easy.

"They are testing 10,000 a day in some countries, and we can't get this off the ground," McCarthy said. Tim O'Donnell
Superbug expert calls lack of coronavirus tests a 'national scandal'
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"It's all under control."

 

[kyzr]

How about a "credible" link not some wacked out druggie link??

 

[berg80]

How about a "credible" link not some wacked out druggie link??

So...........Trump Denial Syndrome strikes again.

 

[martybegan]

McCarthy, who practices at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, expects the number of cases in the U.S. to increase quickly in the next couple of weeks, but he said hospitals are "hamstrung" because they don't have access to the diagnostic test kits they need. In contrast, he said, other countries are making it look easy.

"They are testing 10,000 a day in some countries, and we can't get this off the ground," McCarthy said. Tim O'Donnell
Superbug expert calls lack of coronavirus tests a 'national scandal'
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"It's all under control."

How are they testing?

 

[berg80]

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[progressive hunter]

McCarthy, who practices at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, expects the number of cases in the U.S. to increase quickly in the next couple of weeks, but he said hospitals are "hamstrung" because they don't have access to the diagnostic test kits they need. In contrast, he said, other countries are making it look easy.

"They are testing 10,000 a day in some countries, and we can't get this off the ground," McCarthy said. Tim O'Donnell
Superbug expert calls lack of coronavirus tests a 'national scandal'
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"It's all under control."

so an expert says theres not enough tests for a strain that didnt exist a few months ago,,,
he doesnt sound like a very competent expert,,,

 

[berg80]

How are they testing?

In those other countries? They're using test kits they made sure they had to prepare for the demand. Unlike the US. Thanks Don.

 

[Nostra]

What kept the hospitals from ordering the tests months ago so they would have them now?

 

[martybegan]

How are they testing?

In those other countries? They're using test kits they made sure they had to prepare for the demand. Unlike the US. Thanks Don.

So Trump is now a manufacturer of test kits?

 

[OldLady]

McCarthy, who practices at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, expects the number of cases in the U.S. to increase quickly in the next couple of weeks, but he said hospitals are "hamstrung" because they don't have access to the diagnostic test kits they need. In contrast, he said, other countries are making it look easy.

"They are testing 10,000 a day in some countries, and we can't get this off the ground," McCarthy said. Tim O'Donnell
Superbug expert calls lack of coronavirus tests a 'national scandal'
..............................................................................................................
"It's all under control."

Doctors are bracing for a rapid rise in U.S. coronavirus cases this week as state and local public health labs ramp up testing following weeks of delays due to a flawed test by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Coronavirus, CDC testing: Flawed kits slowed results, US cases to rise

 

[OldLady]

How are they testing?

In those other countries? They're using test kits they made sure they had to prepare for the demand. Unlike the US. Thanks Don.

Copied from another thread on this:

Other countries are testing patients for coronavirus by the tens of thousands. Why the U.S. is so far behind

South Korean officials are setting up "drive-thru" coronavirus screening facilities. Manufacturers in China have the capacity to distribute more than 1.5 million tests a week. The countries, alongside Italy and the U.K., are testing tens of thousands of people for the coronavirus, in many cases processing thousands of samples a day.

In the U.S., meanwhile, inadequate coronavirus testing has become a full-blown scandal. As U.S. cases spike, the Department of Health and Human Services has launched an investigation into defective testing kits that delayed lab results by several days, and experts are worried that a slow federal response may have given the virus more time to spread.

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The coronavirus's emergence in Asia in December and January gave the U.S. weeks to prepare, but even in the early stages, diagnostic testing hit snags.

The CDC, a U.S. federal agency, opted to develop its own test kit rather than use the existing one recommended by the World Health Organization; it is not yet clear why. Early on, CDC sent 200 of its test kits to state labs across the country (each kit can test 700 to 800 samples), but in mid-February, the agency announced that some of the kits were flawed, and asked labs to send samples to the CDC's central lab in Atlanta to be tested, a move that delayed results by several days.

 

[OldLady]

I'm going to be VERY interested in knowing why the CDC felt the need to make their own kits. Cost? What?

 

[Nostra]

How are defective test kits Trump’s fault?

 

[LordBrownTrout]

McCarthy, who practices at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, expects the number of cases in the U.S. to increase quickly in the next couple of weeks, but he said hospitals are "hamstrung" because they don't have access to the diagnostic test kits they need. In contrast, he said, other countries are making it look easy.

"They are testing 10,000 a day in some countries, and we can't get this off the ground," McCarthy said. Tim O'Donnell
Superbug expert calls lack of coronavirus tests a 'national scandal'
..............................................................................................................
"It's all under control."

Doctors are bracing for a rapid rise in U.S. coronavirus cases this week as state and local public health labs ramp up testing following weeks of delays due to a flawed test by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Coronavirus, CDC testing: Flawed kits slowed results, US cases to rise

I'd be careful in Seattle. My friend has it. Took a cruise in asia. Came back about a month ago to Seattle before anyone hardly knew about the virus and went on with his daily life, work, etc. No symptoms.......until two days ago. Got tested and has it. Asymptomatic for almost a month.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

McCarthy, who practices at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, expects the number of cases in the U.S. to increase quickly in the next couple of weeks, but he said hospitals are "hamstrung" because they don't have access to the diagnostic test kits they need. In contrast, he said, other countries are making it look easy.

"They are testing 10,000 a day in some countries, and we can't get this off the ground," McCarthy said. Tim O'Donnell
Superbug expert calls lack of coronavirus tests a 'national scandal'
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"It's all under control."

Superbug expert says don't fall for crap.
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[EvilCat Breath]

McCarthy, who practices at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, expects the number of cases in the U.S. to increase quickly in the next couple of weeks, but he said hospitals are "hamstrung" because they don't have access to the diagnostic test kits they need. In contrast, he said, other countries are making it look easy.

"They are testing 10,000 a day in some countries, and we can't get this off the ground," McCarthy said. Tim O'Donnell
Superbug expert calls lack of coronavirus tests a 'national scandal'
..............................................................................................................
"It's all under control."

Doctors are bracing for a rapid rise in U.S. coronavirus cases this week as state and local public health labs ramp up testing following weeks of delays due to a flawed test by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Coronavirus, CDC testing: Flawed kits slowed results, US cases to rise

I'd be careful in Seattle. My friend has it. Took a cruise in asia. Came back about a month ago to Seattle before anyone hardly knew about the virus and went on with his daily life, work, etc. No symptoms.......until two days ago. Got tested and has it. Asymptomatic for almost a month.

Asymptomatic is another word for not sick.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

McCarthy, who practices at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, expects the number of cases in the U.S. to increase quickly in the next couple of weeks, but he said hospitals are "hamstrung" because they don't have access to the diagnostic test kits they need. In contrast, he said, other countries are making it look easy.

"They are testing 10,000 a day in some countries, and we can't get this off the ground," McCarthy said. Tim O'Donnell
Superbug expert calls lack of coronavirus tests a 'national scandal'
..............................................................................................................
"It's all under control."

Doctors are bracing for a rapid rise in U.S. coronavirus cases this week as state and local public health labs ramp up testing following weeks of delays due to a flawed test by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Coronavirus, CDC testing: Flawed kits slowed results, US cases to rise

I'd be careful in Seattle. My friend has it. Took a cruise in asia. Came back about a month ago to Seattle before anyone hardly knew about the virus and went on with his daily life, work, etc. No symptoms.......until two days ago. Got tested and has it. Asymptomatic for almost a month.

Asymptomatic is another word for not sick.

Yeah, he had no symptoms, was not sick and then started coughing with fever after 27 days. I think the biggest problem with this virus is the incubation stage.

 

[jc456]

How are they testing?

In those other countries? They're using test kits they made sure they had to prepare for the demand. Unlike the US. Thanks Don.

 

[jc456]

McCarthy, who practices at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, expects the number of cases in the U.S. to increase quickly in the next couple of weeks, but he said hospitals are "hamstrung" because they don't have access to the diagnostic test kits they need. In contrast, he said, other countries are making it look easy.

"They are testing 10,000 a day in some countries, and we can't get this off the ground," McCarthy said. Tim O'Donnell
Superbug expert calls lack of coronavirus tests a 'national scandal'
..............................................................................................................
"It's all under control."

Doctors are bracing for a rapid rise in U.S. coronavirus cases this week as state and local public health labs ramp up testing following weeks of delays due to a flawed test by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Coronavirus, CDC testing: Flawed kits slowed results, US cases to rise

I'd be careful in Seattle. My friend has it. Took a cruise in asia. Came back about a month ago to Seattle before anyone hardly knew about the virus and went on with his daily life, work, etc. No symptoms.......until two days ago. Got tested and has it. Asymptomatic for almost a month.

Asymptomatic is another word for not sick.

Yeah, he had no symptoms, was not sick and then started coughing with fever after 27 days. I think the biggest problem with this virus is the incubation stage.

or, it's just a flu bug. 18,000 reported today dead this year of the flu. in the US. maybe it's just a cold. you all have lost your fking minds, I swear.

 

[Crepitus]

How are defective test kits Trump’s fault?

Budget and personnel cuts.